Chapter 387
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Fundamentally, Saleen was not a greedy person . Due to the overwhelming stress caused by the Black Bishop the previous time, Saleen had to take this risk up north .
If he could not amass sufficient power before the Holy See's army arrived, everything would come to naught . When the Holy See wanted to exterminate a person, they would start by destroying the soul This was in order to remove all traces of the person from the face of the plane .
Saleen's idea was very simple . The Cloudflow army was the weakest out of the four empires, it was even weaker than the mercenaries from Sikeqinya . Their navy was extremely powerful though . The Cloudflow navy had even sealed most of Tanggulasi's waters, forcing the Tanggulasi Empire to station their iron cavaliers along the coast . The Cloudflow fleet could easily deploy their troops onto the coast and conduct a raid otherwise .
The Holy See might have countless of fearless warriors, but they were helpless against the Cloudflow navy . Saleen also wanted such a naval fleet . Out of all the ideas, this was the relatively simpler one .
Even though Lex had groomed more than twenty-thousand elites over many years in Bitter Water Prefecture, it was still impossible for her to resist the Holy See . The sea was the only weakness of the Holy See .
Against violent magic beasts, Saleen did not dare harbor any thoughts . Once the magic beasts dispersed, Saleen had to return to check that place . If too much time had passed, anything valuable there would have also been devoured by the infinite creatures in the ocean .
"Let's go back . " Suddenly, Saleen felt a change in the goddess' necklace which made him rejoice . The lightning dragons which just hatched finally had a presence of life .
Saleen followed the notes in the magic book and used a magic array to incubate the lightning dragon eggs, he even added tourmaline in it . The hatched lightning dragons showed no signs of life even though they were overjoyed swimming in water . It seemed as though the lightning dragons did not have souls . Out of desperation, Saleen only stored twenty-four of them in the goddess' necklace .
Originally, the necklace belonging to the Goddess of Nature and provided Saleen with a space for training his mental strength and calculations . It had now become a farm . Each lightning dragon occupied a space . Just like that, they were reared by Saleen . It was only this day that Saleen felt the presence of a soul in those lightning dragons .
Since the inspection of this island had been completed, Saleen did not need to stay any longer . Even if there were any mineral deposits, he would have to analyze the samples back on the alchemical boat .
Saleen summoned the winged skeleton, and the alchemical boat docked at the shore . This time around, Saleen did not make life difficult for Jola . He blessed Jola with a Water Shield, then everyone dived underwater to enter the alchemical boat via its underside entrance .
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"I am going to take a break . Soldier, continue with the drawings . Once Banchajanna is done with his recovery process, ask him to continue hunting . " Saleen instructed succinctly, before returning to his own room . This time around, Nailisi followed at the back closely . Saleen did not call for Sika .
"Master, what happened?"
"The lightning dragons are starting to grow . "
"What about the rest?"
"You can eat them . " Saleen laughed . Even if a soulless lightning dragon matured, it would not possess the special feature of an adult lightning dragon, it would simply be a large sized magic beast . By giving them to Nailisi, she could receive lots of nourishment .
"Master, I will stand guard for you . " Speaking, Nailisi wielded her dagger and sat down beside Saleen .
"Mm, other than Sika, you can take action if anyone else comes close . " When Saleen finished talking, he had already channeled his mental strength into the goddess' necklace .
The space in the necklace was not big at all . Saleen was already jubilant at the fact that it could support life . There were twenty-four segments in this necklace, and each segment reared a lightning dragon . What Saleen needed to do right now was to sign a contract with the lightning dragons before they grew up . He needed to turn these twenty-four lightning dragons into his own summoned creatures .
Within one of the spaces in the necklace, a finger-sized lightning dragon was swimming about freely . When it detected the entrance of Saleen's mental strength, it seemed to be frightened as it flipped its body hastily in the water . Saleen realized that this lightning dragon was different . There were magic patterns on the surface of its body which were formed by interweaving a layer of golden lines .
Saleen's powerful mental strength enveloped this lightning dragon . Under the tremendous vibrations, the lightning dragon immediately got subdued . In the face of a powerful adversary, a young lightning dragon had zero resistance . Otherwise, given the unique attributes of a lightning dragon, it would have been the king of the ocean . Even though such a creature was indomitable, its younger form was extremely vulnerable .
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Saleen's mental strength vibrated within the space of the goddess' necklace, producing various magic symbols condensed from the water element . The lightning dragon which was engulfed by Saleen's mental strength could not resist at all . Saleen could easily place a soul imprint on it, and thus a soul connection with Saleen was established . Before this, Saleen could not do such a thing . It was only after Nailisi's evolution that Saleen obtained the ability to sign a soul contract with other types of creatures .
Saleen was not that courageous either . He only dared to test it out with a young lightning dragon that just got its soul . Saleen would never want to run the risk of getting controlled by a magic beast's soul by dealing with an adult lightning dragon .
Saleen's mental strength scanned all the spaces consecutively, not daring to have the slightest bit of tardiness . Even though a young lightning dragon could not retaliate, Saleen's soul would get damaged if he erred in the control process . Nailisi wanted to protect him and not let anyone get close .
Dang dang…
Hearing that someone was knocking on the door, Nailisi's eyebrows arched up .
"Is Saleen in? It's Irene . "
"Master is training . Come back later if you want to say anything . "
"But…"
"If you don't leave, I will go out and slaughter you immediately . " Nailisi was not joking . Her dagger was already in hand, and she had already deduced Irene's exact position . If Irene continued pestering Saleen, she would definitely use the dagger to penetrate the door and pierce Irene's heart .
Irene stood outside the door stunned . Then, she remembered that when a mage was training, they could not be disturbed . That was why a mage would construct a magic tower once they got to grade-6, so as to ensure their own safety . That being said, Nailisi was being extremely impolite, and Irene could not tolerate it .
"Irene, come over . " Jola waved his hand at the end of the corridor . Holding back her tears, Irene walked towards Jola .
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"Jola…"
"I heard that, don't say anything . " Jola turned around and led Irene down the stairway . Upon arriving at the cabin on the first story, Jola then said, "Saleen is a mage . Don't behave the same way like you do in your family, otherwise you will be at the losing end . "
Irene bit her lip as she recalled the first time she met Saleen . Indeed, Saleen portrayed a cold and unfeeling appearance . Was she not attracted to that appearance in the first place?
"Mages are different from us . You will never understand their pursuits in life . You are in love with Sir Saleen, right?"
Irene nodded, she had nothing to be embarrassed of anyway .
"Give it up, otherwise you will get into huge trouble . "
"Why?"
"Because you don't know how to live with a mage . Just now, you still wanted to continue blabbering despite Nailisi warning you to leave . You know, if you did not leave, she would have really murdered you . A mage's assistant will never joke with you . "
"She could do it? A maidservant? The guts of her!" Irene was enraged .
"Why not?"
Irene was speechless . She was outraged because she had come forth this time around due to Nailisi's deception . She did not expect Nailisi to change her attitude so quickly, as though their conspiracy did not exist at all . All of a sudden, a notion popped into Irene's mind, "This time around, I have tagged along to supplement the missing contents in the magic compass, and I had no reservations at all . Does Saleen want to silence me now that he has gotten what he wanted? It shouldn't happen . I have signed a magic contract with Saleen . Even Saleen himself wouldn't be able to violate it . If I were to get into a conflict with Nailisi, and Nailisi decides to be physical, who would come to my aid? None of my family's swordsmen are on this ship, all of them are Saleen's people . "
The more Irene imagined, the more fearful she got . Her expression became calmer, however . Jola did not know what Irene was thinking about, otherwise he might have given her a tight slap . If Irene continued using the mindset of a noble to evaluate a mage, her thoughts would become increasingly chaotic .
"Why did you go to see Sir?" Jola did not know what Irene's plan was . He was afraid that Saleen might be adversely affected if Nailisi had barred an important matter .
Irene hesitated for a moment, then said, "Nothing much . It's just that I had not seen him for a few days, and I would like to ask him where the next destination is . " Seeing that Irene had fabricated a lie, Jola was helpless . He could not possibly force Irene to spit out the truth .
Back in the room, Saleen slowly opened his eyes and looked at Nailisi, then said, "Did Irene come by earlier?"
"Mm, I chased her away . I was afraid you might be affected . "
"It's fine . The lightning dragons have been subdued . Inside this space, they will grow up swiftly, but their depletion will be enormous . We will have to stay at this place for an additional month . "
When Saleen was subduing the lightning dragons, he discovered that the speed of time within the necklace could be altered . There were both pros and cons by making the lightning dragons grow faster . In order to help the lightning dragons grow, one would have to provide fresh meat and magic nuclei, otherwise the dragons could starve to death anytime while inside the goddess' necklace . An adult lightning dragon was even larger than a pan's turtle . Even though the frequency of meals was low, each meal they consumed a massive quantity of meat . At this moment, not only did Saleen have to take care of his soldiers, he also needed to rear these twenty-four lightning dragons . He had to accumulate enough food .
A portion of the tourmaline rocks obtained from the lightning dragon's nest were going to be given to the lightning dragons, in order to develop their inborn magical spell . The intended purpose of these tourmaline rocks were for the offspring of the lightning dragon . Given the nature of a lightning dragon, it would never rear its descendants along a coastal area otherwise .
The necklace of the Goddess of Myers was definitely a godly item . In order to use this piece of godly equipment, one had to put in a lot of effort . Saleen had managed to collect tens of thousands of grade-4 magic nuclei this time around . Of which, only about four-thousand of them were of a good quality and a large portion of them would be fed to the lightning dragons .
Be that as it may, Saleen could not possibly conserve these magic nuclei . If the lightning dragons could not mature quickly, then what would he use to protect the route to the Frozen Sea?
A team of twenty-four lightning dragons might not be able to kill a grade-9 magic beast, but the magic beast would definitely not want to get close either . Only with the protection by these lightning dragons would Saleen be able to hunt freely in the Frozen Sea .
"Master, it seems that Aini has analyzed the composition of the ores from that island . " Nailisi had gotten this information from the winged skeleton . In the process, she had realized an advantage of the winged skeleton; whenever she needed information, the winged skeleton could transmit it via the method of soul interaction . It was convenient and swift .